Monday, March 22 Mark 11:1-7 “The Lord needs it” As Jesus prepares to enter the city of Jerusalem, he directs his disciples to fetch a colt from a nearby village and shows his supernatural foreknowledge by predicting precisely what they will find: an unridden male colt, tied up, close to where they… Read more about Mark’s Gospel
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Monday, March 15 Mark 13:1-4 “These great buildings will be completely demolished” As Jesus departs the temple, the disciples are overawed by its magnificence. The temple also gave the Jews a sense of security because it was the place where God lived. How could God ever abandon this beautiful house or allow… Read more about Mark’s Gospel
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Monday, March 8 Mark 12:1-12 “Parable of the wicked tenants” Absentee owners who contracted with tenants to farm their land in return for a share of the crop were common in Israel. In Jesus’ parable, the owner of the vineyard is God; the vineyard is Israel; the tenants are the rulers of Israel;… Read more about Mark’s Gospel
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Monday, March 1 Mark 10:1-12 “The question about divorce” When the Pharisees ask whether divorce is lawful, Jesus’ response exposes their approach to God’s law as a whole. They come at the law asking, “What does it allow me to do?” or, to put it more bluntly, “What can I get away… Read more about Mark’s Gospel
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Monday, February 22 Mark 9:2-8 “The Transfiguration” Jesus takes Peter, James, and John to a high mountain, the traditional place for special revelation in Scripture. Mark introduces most events in his Gospel with “immediately” or “and,” but the Transfiguration account begins with the note, “after six days.” This specific logging of the… Read more about Mark’s Gospel
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Monday, February 15 Mark 8:1-10 “Jesus feeds 4,000” The similarities between the first (6:30-44) and the second feeding of the multitudes are obvious. Thousands of hungry people who come to hear Jesus are fed in a desert setting where food is scarce. In each instance, human hunger pulls at the heart of Jesus… Read more about Mark’s Gospel
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Monday, February 8 Mark 7:1-8 “They teach man-made ideas as commands from God” Annoyed Pharisees and teachers of the law, who regard themselves as the keepers of the traditions, clash with Jesus by publicly protesting the glaring failure of his disciples to observe the rules about unclean hands. Mark explains that “unclean… Read more about Mark’s Gospel
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Monday, February 1 Mark 6:1-6a “They refused to believe in him” In quick succession, Jesus has stilled a storm at sea, cast demons out of a mad man, healed a woman of an incurable disease, and raised Jairus’ daughter from the dead. As a result, his fame has spread like a wildfire and… Read more about Mark’s Gospel